03 May 2011

Interesting data visualisation projects, some more accessible than others, sponsored by GE. This one (tiny illustration above) comparing perceptions of innovation with measurable indices, is particularly compelling.

If you needed a contrasting example, to show where data visualisation and information graphics part ways, Data in context, by Peter Orntoft might be a good choice. Eye-catching, although for me the image gets in the way of the data (particularly when the detail is in white on grey).

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I'm a psychologist and, having worked for many years in the design of user-centred products and services, am now Professor of User-Centred Design at University of Reading, UK.

Why Brain Attic?
In 'A Study in Scarlet' Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: "I believe that a man's brain is like a little empty attic, and you stock it with such furniture as you choose....the skillful workman will have...nothing but the tools which will help him doing his work..."
As we now know, Conan Doyle's analogy doesn't quite tell the full story of the brain but nevertheless this blog is a place for me to store notes that, if not logged here, might be forgotten.